(Lets see if ol' Essay here can find some words
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“From the fire, we are born stronger.”
How true this is! I was not in Dark Archive in POTCO, but it is amazing how many old members have returned. Seldom does a month go by that an old friend does not find us again.
And Dark Archive is full of old friends, even for new members. I have only been in this guild for about a year and a half (whaaaat? That's all? Feels like I've known these people forever!), But this guild has given me so much more than a place to be with other people playing a game. I have found real friends here, people who support my ambitions, let me lean on them when I am going through a rough patch in life, and overall have made me feel like a worthwhile human being again. Truly, Dark Archive is home to some amazing people.
Nine years is a long time for anything to last, much less a guild in a video game. Much less one who's community was torn apart. So it goes to show, while we may have met over a shared love of POTCO/TLOPO, the game is not what keeps us united. It is our stable leadership which keeps us organized and more importantly, our friendships with each other.
So here is to the health of Dark Archive and it's members; happy ninth anniversary. May we celebrate many, many more years together with the winds at our backs and our friends beside us!
LONG LIVE DARK ARCHIVE!!!